Quantensprung
German, noun[ˈkvantn̩ˌʃpʁʊŋ]
Quantensprung is spelled Q-U-A-N-T-E-N-S-P-R-U-N-G (13 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 80,178th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quantensprung is a German masculine noun meaning “quantum leap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Teilchenphysik ein plötzlicher Übergang ohne Zeitverlauf von einem Quantenzustand in einen anderen”.
What does Quantensprung mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinequantum leap
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. in der Teilchenphysik ein plötzlicher Übergang ohne Zeitverlauf von einem Quantenzustand in einen anderen 2. großer Fortschritt, grundlegende Veränderung
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Quantensprung
- Quantensprunges genitive
- Quantensprungs genitive
- Quantensprünge plural
- Quantensprunge dative singular
- Quantensprüngen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Quantensprung?
- [ˈkvantn̩ˌʃpʁʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Quantensprung in German?
Quantensprung appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).